Folding table.



G. J. KORN. FOLDING TABLE. APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 10. 1915.

Patented May 2,1916.

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G. J. KORN.

FOLDING TABLE. APPLICATION FILED SEPT. I0, 1915.

Patented May 2, 1916.

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G. J. KORN.

FOLDING TABLE. APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 10, 1915.

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Fig. 1. Fig. 7 is a GEORGE J. KORNJOF KIRKSVILLE, MISSOURI.

FOLDING TABLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 2, 191a.

Application filed September 10, 1915. Serial No. 50,035.

To all whom it may concern: 7

Be it known that I, GEORGE J. honor, a citizen of the United States,res1d1ng at Kirksville, in the county of Adair and State of Missouri,have invented new and useful Improvements .in Folding Tables, of whichthe following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in folding tables and hasparticular application to a table which may be folded into the form of asuit case to facilltate carrying thereof from place to place.

In carrying out the present invention, it is my purpose to provide afolding table of the class described wherein the component parts will beso arranged and correlated as to enable the table to be set up andfolded quickly and conveniently and which will be so connected to oneanother as to reduce the possibility of derangement to a minimum.

It is also my purpose to provide a table of the class described whichmay be put to a variety of uses, which may be folded into small compass,and which will embrace the desired features of simplicity, efiiciencyand durability and capable of cheapness of cost 1n manufacture andmarketing. F

With the above and other objects in v ew, the invention consists in theconstruction,

combination and arrangement of parts her'eand falling within the inafterset forth in scope of theclaim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a view in side elevation of atable constructed in accordance with the present intion. Fig. 2 is aninverted perspective view of the table showing the parts partly folded..Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view through the table in openposition. Fig. 4 is a cross sectional view through the same. Fig. 5 isan enlarged fragmentary vertical sectional view on the line 5-5 ofFig. 1. Fig. 6 is a similar view on the line 6-6 of like View on theline 7-7 of Fig. 1. Fig. 8 is a view in elevation of one of the pivotplates. Fig. 9 is a view in edge elevation of the table folded. Fig. 10is a view in side elevation of the same.

'Referring now to the drawings in detail, 1 designates the top of thetable. This top embodies side bars 2 and end bars'3 and is formed of twosections 4, 4placed end to end and capable of swinging movement into andout of top formation.

,5, 5 designate connecting plates disposed projecting toward the ad sidebar of the table the same being shown in open posi-- fwith rightangularly shaped slots 7, 7 disposed at the opposite sides respectivelyof the vertical center line of the plate, each slot having one portionarranged vertically and the remaining portion horizontally and jacentside edge of the plate, as clearly illustrated in Fig. 8 of thedrawings. Arranged at the opposite ends of each longitudinal side bar ofthe table top are vertical legs 8 of suitable length and mounted uponeach leg 8 at the upper end thereof is a bearing ing one end portionsecured'to the leg and the remaining end portion'overlying the upper endof the leg and fastened thereto. That portion of the plate 9 between thelower extremity thereof and the upper extremity is bowed outwardly fromthe adjacent side of the leg as at 10 and formed with an opening 11 thatreceives the a pivot pin 12 carried by the portlon of the particular endof the top, thereby forming a pivotal connection between the leg and theside bar of the table top. Pivotally connected to the side bars of thetable top in advance of the legs 8 respectively are levers adjacentpresent instance, one edge of each lever 13 adjacent to the lowerextremity thereof is formed with a slot 17 that is adapted to recelveone end wall of the slot 14 to hold the leg against swinging movement,and. the portion of the lever 13 below the slot 15 is preferably turnedoutwardly as at 18 to prevent the accidental separation of the lever andbracket. Pivotally secured to the upper extremity of each lever 13 isone end of a link 19 and the remaining ends of the links 19 upon eachside of the table top project toward the particular plate 5 at such sideof the table top and are provided with 19 reinforce the top of thetable, the pins 20 resting Within the outwardly projecting por-' I tionsof the respective slots 7. The links 19 also act upon the levers 13 tohold the notched portions thereof in engagement with the end walls ofthe slots 14 so as to maintain the legs 8 in vertical position.

To fold the table, the latter is inverted and the sections 4, 4 of thetop swung slightly toward each other about the pivotal connectionsbetween such sections and the plates 5 and in this movement of thesections of the top, the levers 13 are relieved of the holding action ofthe links 19 .and may be swung about their pivotal connections with theside bars of the table top to relieve the notched portions of theinfluence of the outwardly projecting limbs of the brackets 16. The legsare now folded onto the respective sections of the top and the sectionsswung together, as clearly illustrated in Fig. 2 of the drawings, and inthe continued movement of the sections of the table top toward eachother, the pins 20 on the'inner ends of the links 19 ride into thenormally vertical portions of the respective slots 7 thereby permittingthe table to be folded together, as shown in Fig. 9.

The sections of one of the longitudinal bars of the table are preferablyprovided with hooks 21 adapted to be connected to the ends respectivelyof a handle 22, as clearly illustrated in Fig. 10 of the drawings, tofacilitate carrying of the folded table. It will be seen that when thetable is folded a suit case like structure is formed, thereby enablingthe table to be transported from place to place readily andconveniently. Any suitable locking means may be employed for holding theparts of the table folded.

spectively spanning themeeting ends ofthe sections and pivotallyconnected thereto whereby the sections may be swung toward and away fromeach other, legs pivotally connected to the outer ends of each side barof the top and capable of swinging movement onto the particular sectionof the top, levers pivoted to the side bars of the top in advance of therespective legs, links each having one end pivoted to the upper end ofone of said levers, pin and slot connections between the remaining endsof said links and said plates whereby said links may swing with saidsections in the movement of the sections toward and away from eachother, brackets carried by said legs respectively, each formed with aslot adapted to receive the lower end of the adjacent lever whereby. theleg may be reinforced by the lever, each lever having one edge thereofformed with a slot adapted to engage one wall of the slot in the bracketto hold theleg and lever against relative movement, the lower portion ofeach lever below the slot therein being outturned to prevent accidentaldisconnection of the lever from the bracket.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE J. KORN.

